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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10

= Ae. or,ho,, That the presence of
AV0i1aoa1e1 Gems. Beauregard and
Early who arc in charge of the Dire rings,
is guarantee of absolute fairness and
integrity; that the chances arc al: equal,
and that no one ean possibly divine what
number will draw Prize.
REMEMBER
that the payment Of all prizes is yuaran-
tecd by four National Banks of New Orleans
and the tickets are signed by the Prssi-
dent Of an Institution, whose chartered
rights are recognized i'll the highest
Courts, therefore, beware of all inlita-
tons and amonynieas :, hemes"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10
A New Dlptheria Cure.
WHICH Is SAID TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.

On the bed lay young boy gasp
ing for breath. He was not over eight
years of age. Had not his features
been distorted by his terrible struggle
to obtain relief from the sitting feeling
that oppressed him, he would have
been considered handsome child. As
it was, his eyes We're bn]ging from
their sockets, his mouth was drawn
out of shape and his entire frame was
racked by feyerish commissions. His
stertorous breathing fell upon the
deadly silence of the room with start
ling effect, and made all tue more
painful the hopeless misery written in
the faces of his parents.
The doctor locked at him for mo-
ment, and then turned to the father !;
he said. Gan hour later and the only
hope would be a resort to the opera
ton of tracheotomy. AS it is, l can
save him without doing any cutting.
This operation is called iutubation,"
continued the doctor, addressing him
self to me. cit is the invention of
New York physician, and is of meal
culable benefit in diphtheria, malig-
nant Group and kindred throat disea-
scs. "This instrument" he added,
taking from the case a two handled
instrument remotely resembling pair
of pincers, "is called the mouth gag"
He deity inserted the steel ends be-
tween the teeth of the patient and
forced open his mouth. I held the
handles while he was busy at his case,
and saw that it was impossible for the
boy to close his mouth, try as hard as
he would. Next the doctor drew out
a little steel tube, gilded over. This
was small at one end and large at the
other, and swelled considerably to-
ward the centre.
The large end was fattencd out SO
that it projected beyond the body Of
the tube all around. 1t was two and
a half inches in length aud about one
fifth of an inch in diameter. The
doctor deity drew a silk thread thro'
small hole near the large end of the
tube. Next he inserted little piece
of steel into the tube so that it fitted
firmly, and screwed the steel to an
other instrument with long handle.
Putting tho tube into tho boys open
mouth, he quickly inserted it into the
larynx. Satisfied that it was per-
fcctly adjusted, he touched a spring
in the handle of the instrument and
out it came, taking with it the piece
of steel which had>been fitted into the
tube. Only the tube remained, with
tho thread hanging out of the boys
mouth.
The doctor cut the thread, removed
the mouth gag, and tho operation was
finished. Not drop of blood had
been she'd, and tue patient had suffered
hardly twinge of pain from it.
"Won't the tube slip?" asked the
anxious father.
ooh, no." was the reply. eft can
not do so. The bulge at the centre
and the prejudice at tho upper end
prevent it from moving up or down.
lie can talk or eat just as we'll with it
in as though he had nothing there"
Even as tile doctor spoke the dark,
choked look left the boys face and
his heavy breathing began to quiet
down. His eyes lost their wild, star
ing appearance, and more natural
color came into his cheeks He was
saved New York Cor. Philadelphia
Press.
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other localities, and it is confidently
believed that within a few years the
lumber business will assume immense
proportions.
Little has been done in the way. of
discovering or developing the mineral
resources of the Parish.
An extensive quarry of sandstone
rock, excellent for building purposes,
for the paving of streets and other
uses, is now being worked on the line
of the Texas and Pacific Railroad,
above the town Of Boyce. Rock rich
in silica, specimens of gypsum and
beds of potters' clay have been found.
Ignite is also known to exist in moro
OF less quantities, but, practically
speaking, the treasures of the earth in
this Parish, if any exist, are rs a seal
cd book /; while her sister Parishes
have been favored by the examination
of biologists and other experts, this
Parish has been ignored. 1t is to be
hoped that, in the near future, the
powers that be will exert themselves
to secure for this section share at
least of that professional light which
has been so generously shed upon 9th
er localities.
In addition to the two completed
railroads, a number of other lines are
either under way Or projected. These
are -
l. The Natchez, Red River and
Texas, completed for thirty miles, and
located to the Sabine.
9. The Little Rock and Alexandria
Railroad.
8. The Louisiana and Arkansas,
now being surveyed.
4. The Arkansas, Louisiana Central
and Texas.
5. The Arcadia and Alexandria
Railroad.
6. The North Louisiana, from Alex
andria to Hope Station, Arkansas.
While it is improbable that many
of these lines will ever be built, it is
certain that some by the necessities Of
trade will be constructed and when
ever they are, there can be no doubt
that a great impetus and activity will
be given to business Of all kinds
throughout the parish.
Rapides enjoys unusual facilities in
its communications with market. Red
river, passing centrally through tho
parish, furnishes transportation thro'
out the greater part of the year by the
largest steamers, and for the remain
der it IS nayigable by the lighter class
OF boats. Two first class railroads are
actively operated-the Texas and Pa
o;6e, RAINING centrally through tho
entire parish, and tho Southern Pacific
through the most populous portion to
Alexandra. Enjoying thus all the
advantages of three competing lines,
freights have been promptly handled,
and no complaints have been made,
or are likely to be made on account of
exorbitant charges. In the distribu-
ton of the freights about one-third is
shipped by water, and two-thirds by
rail.
The description of Rapides parish
would not be complete without refer
encc to the remarkable health enjoyed
by its inhabitants. Its death Stats
tics will compare favorably with any
county in the United States, Or in the
world.
Prohibition also exists and has
wrought a great boon to the agricul-
tural and material interests of the par
ish. Peace and order prevail within
its borders, and that protection and
security, which is the highest object of
all government, is enjoyed to the full
est extent by all classes of lis citizens.
= Louisiana Edition Times-Democrat.
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IN is stated that Mr.. Robt. Bon
ner, publishsr of the New York Ledqcy,
bad, unknown to Mr.. Cobb, carried a
$4,000 insurance on the life of the
lato sylvanus Cobb, Jr., for the bene-
fit Of his fa,niIy.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10

The kentucky election was held
last Monday, and as was foregone
conclusion from the first, the whole
Democratic State ticket was elected.
Louisville county rolled up 1000
majority over the last election. ecu.
Buckuei ran ahead Of his ticket
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-10

Hon. Louis St. Martin emphati-
cally denies the published statement
that he is "an active supporter of G en-.
Nichols in the pending canvass" On
the contrary he declares II have
not taken, nor did l intend to take
any part in this unsecmly war of fac
tons. l sincerely dcplore the bitter
contest going on between the friends
OF Gov. McEnery and Gov. Nichols,
which, if persisted in much longer,
will, | fear, cause dangerous schism
in the ranks of the Democratic party
in this State"
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25

eral Sheridan says in his report that
Mosby was his best rear guard, and
was worth as much to him in the rear
as brigade of our cavalry to keep the
rear closed up, 1 think that many of
his soldiers will say that it was a very
costly rear guard. Things might have
been much better had there been some
arbitrary authority in the rear to keep
the trains closed up, to see that the
guards were properly disposed and in
perfect order for an attack, and to send
the stragglers summarily to the front.
An officer with the snap and Judgment
to do this might have saved many valu-
able lives and prisoners and preserved
hundreds of thousands of dollars to the
Government in all kinds of war nate
rial. I doubt not that, with his large
experience in the field, no man would
more fully admit this than Sheridan
himself.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25
II Kin Drum, Boss"
Our business is like men to fight
And, hero like, to die.

In the Fifteenth ard Seventeenth
Corps, which belonged to the Army of
the Tennessee, men were given permits
sion to recruit for colored regiments,
with the understanding that they were
to have commissions in them, and many
who had this permission ran great risks
in getting men outside the Federal
lines, where capture meant certain and
ignominious death. These officers
passed no examinations, and, so far as
/ was able to Judge, did not, as class,
compare at all favorably with those
who did.
Information of the arming Of the
negroes penetrated far within the rebel
lines, and men made Their appearance
at Gallatin for enlistment, who had es-
capped from points in the interior for
that purpose. Some had been with
their masters on the battlefield, and
one was enlisted who showed crippled
hand, which had been injured on the
field Of the first Bull Run, while at
tending to his wounded owner. His
knowledge of the manual" corrob-
grated his assertion that he had been
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25

A SCRANTON pa. letter says: Many
of g General Master Workman Powderly's
Scranton acquaintance. believe that
Mr.. Powderly is bound to get rich be-
fore long, and they speak with pride of
the fact that he is in much better finan-
cial shape than he was few years
ago. Up to the present time Mr. Pow
derby has drawn S15, 500 as salary from
the knights Of Labor. He Was first
elected in the fall of 1879 as General
Master Workman, and he has held that
Office ever since. From 1879 until 1856
his salary was 81, 500 q year, but at the
Richmond Convention, last October,
he got it raised to $1,000 year. That
is not all the money Mr.. Powderly has
received in salaries since he became
General Master Workman of the or
der, however. He was Mayor of Scran-
ton when he was first chosen General
Master Workman, the workingmen of
Scranton having chosen him Mayor in
February, 1878. He was reelected in
1850, and again in 1882. He held the
office Of Mayor from April, 1878. to
April, 1884, and his salary for the six
years was $1,000 o year, or $4,000 in
all. This, added to what the knights
of Labor paid him, makes $24, 500.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25

accompanied the General in command
discovered that some of his men, posted
high on hill in the rear, were report
ing the presence OF considerable body
OF Confederate troops on top of the
bluffs to the right. A halt was at once
sounded, and the leading brigade or
dered forward to uncover the eneuy's
position. The regiments were soon
serambling up the steep incline, officers
and men CALAMITY racing to see who
could reach the crest first. A Young
Lieutenant and some half a dozen men
ga ned the advance. but at the end of
what they deemed q perilous cline
they were thrown into commissions of
laughter at discovering that what the
signal men took for Confederate troops
was only tolerably large flock of
sheep. AS the leaders in this forlorn
hope rolled on the ,,rass in paroxysm
OF merriment, they laughed all the
louder at seeing the pale but deter
mined faces Of their comrades, who, of
course, came up fully expecting des.
perate nd.to-hard struggle.
1t IS perhaps needless to sav tho
brigade supped on mutton that even
ing. WA
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25

doubted his fortunes in that hour. He
was gratefully relieved, if not srrpris-
ed soon after, on getting up to the
front, to find that his army was still
there. and that the enemy was being
stubbornly held back till the cavalry
and the West Virginia and Ohio men
men could attack their right and dou-
bic them up.
I was not at Shiloh. and have no
right to speak Of that field, except by
bearsay. Yet l will say that l have
talked with many Of our soldiers who
were there, and have heard none of
them concur in the claim of Grant and
Sherman, that we were not badly
whipped at the close of the first day,
and that, but for the reinforcements of
Buell. and Nelson, the Union army
would have been driven into the
Tennessee River the next morning.
However this may be, the army of
fug!tives in the rear probably equaled
the number of fighting men in front.
One of Buell's officers tells me that
they crowded the river bank that night
as his division crossed, begging to be
put on the other side. Sherman him
self says OF General Buell.: Approach
ing our field of battle from the rear,
he encountered that sickening crowd
of laggards and fugitives that excited
his contempt, and that OF his army"
The battle of Shiloh was fought at
the beginning of the second year Of
the war; but soldiers did not change
much for three years after that. There
continued to be real soldiers, and those
who merely wore the uniform and bore
the name. by soldiers, mean to in
clude officers, too. The men of true
blood and grit did the fighting, and
won the victories, when they were won.
They were animated by sentiment
we'll expressed by the old poet, Mother
we'll, which the runaways could not un-
darstand:
Our business is like men to fight
And, hero-like, to die"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25


protected against our own troops, as
we'll as against attacks OF the guerrillas,
as orderlies sent hithcr and You'd with
dispatches-all these can tell of what
caravan of wagons, railroad trains,
suffers shops, citizens hanging about
the skirts OF the army on every posi-
BILE pretense, dead beats" and stray
glers who disgraced their uniform, and
what not, made up the rear Of the
army"
If the army numbered no moro than
! thirty thousand men, it's great crowd of
non-combatants and their transporta-
ton, following it on all possible roads,
was spread over miles OF territory. /
have often thought that q General in
the rear might have been an excellent
thing to our armies in the field during
the late war. The commanding Cen
eral usually had all he could see to in
the way of directing the march,
getting reliable information of the move
ments of the enemy, and getting
and keeping ready for the fighting Of
battles. It did not often happen that
he knew much about what was going
on in his rear, or was able to govern
that part of the army very much.
Colonel John S. Mosbys true story of
what he did in the rear OF Sheridan's
forces in the Shenandoah Valley, in
the summer and fall of 1864, would IS
tonish even some of the Union soldiers
OF that campaign. The trains that he
captured, the prisoners that he took,
the terror that he caused, are only
family shown by anything that has
been published. And although Cen
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25
THE POLITICAL coNIE2I|
The Republicans victorion. :;
and the Democrats in ~
New York.
Prohibition and Division Haro .
Aajoritics in Dakota "
Other States.

A., i t,,, ea.e..on returns complete, p,;
the full vote on the candidates .or oo. sS'1
from the 80 counties of the d.. so'e'nd
follows: afs
Larraoee.
ANDERSON ........... ', ,sS
Returns IRON 81 counties oiva - 10y
052; Farnham, Ill. 1t will e ho oaln Y
Larrabee's plurality over Ands,ssssen q
$40, and his probable maiori 'on Is
4,647. The counties of iha >. eVet d
polled $4,000 less vo es tn n IN s,.e ha
year. cast d
Two counties are not fully r,.
this writing, but reporting Lv 'ep ie.:
majoriti s, are Allamakee and D. es,iGal
Allamakee is reported rs giving ssp ya dals
cratic majority, and Pocahonfavs' 9 s, aeta
publican. The net democratic ma 14o \
these counties is 63. 1'losiiy
The legislature will be 20 r,,,,,
majority Counting Cummins on aI
lions but prohibition Us republio ",, que
the senatorssip from Clarke and I'' " au
district in doubt. 1t will take tho ', as an
count TO determine it there. IN oi1e
Gratis claim by 2 majority, in q ~ ,o .em
over 2 600 votes in the whole 1 1s.I.
There is pretty certain to be cbana o.flI
the official count of more than tuo -.
1t may elect MIR. Igo or it may give b ,o !.
ponent, Mr.. Barrett, more than the ~ . y =
jority now claimed. In the Marion N "
Monroe district Senator Cassett tina .a ~
Gus father Of the Cassett mimi, ~ ~
claims the election by three major ~ n N
official count there may elect MIR. Ym,
or it may give MIR. Cassett more than III
majority. The republicans lose the Iss|
latlve candi late by only 6 votes. Ina,]
there have been several close calls on NJ
sides. The official counts In such conn
may increase the republican maiorjv
tire Legislature above 80 or may reluss
Q or g
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25

drilled with view to making him a
soldier.
A diminutive specimen of animated
ebony, about four feet high, presented
himself one day, and was asked what
he wanted.
Please, sab, I wants to iine"
Want to join? What can you do ?"
II kin drum right smart, sab"
where did you learn to drum? ?"
Use bin wild de Firty-ird Gawga,
and | learned dah."
A drum was brought and handed him,
and he soon proved that he could drum,
and was "'Iowed to iine," though so
short in stature that his drum was sup
ported by an extra strap attached to
the lower head to keep it from drag
ging as he marched. He could not
have been more than Il years of age,
and lived to be discharged with his
regiment.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25

The power of an ocean storm was
we'll illustrated at Bishop Rock, Eng
land lately, when an iron column
twenty-three feet long and weighing
six thousand pounds, part Of a new
lighthouse being built, which. during
a storm, had been left dashed by half
inch chain at each end to strong eye
bolts, was found tossed up by the
waves twenty feet to the top of the
rock, swaying about like piece of
timber. Two days later, when the
laborers were able to land, black
smiths anvil weighing $50 pounds,
which they had left in hole 81 feet
deep and only ,! feet in diameter, had
also been washed by the waves com
pletely out Of the hole.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25

THE rivalry between Montreal and
Quebec long since reached the stage
OF fervent comparisons about port ia
cilities and transactions. On the one
side it is said that Montreal as an
ocean port is doomed, but the reply is
that Montreal has increased its ocean
tonnage 115 per cent. in nine years.
Furthermore, in the period of 1S76-s6
the foreign trade of Montreal, as the
Gazette declares, has increased S14,-
49,. $50, while that of Quebec has de-
clined 1885,, AIS.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25

CAPTAIN NORTON, of Washington,
inventor Of the Norton lifeboat, is pre-
pairing plans for yacht he will enter
in the trial races next year if British
yachtsmen conclude to try once more
to regain the Americas cup. 1t will he
built on the principles he employs in
constructing his lifeboats. Vessels
built on the Norton plan require no
ballast, and yet they can not be easily
upset. Compressed air, supplied
through the bottom OF the boat by the
movement of the water, takes the
place OF ballast.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25
ANDREW GRouTHA, Russian, who

ANDREW GRourHA, Russian, who
travels the country with trick bears,
has sued J. Bolliard. j. M. Stevenson,
and H. Miller of Monroeville, Ohio,
for $500. After one of his exhibitions
he went to sleep in q shed with his
bears, but was soon after notified to
leave town, and failing to do so one of
his bears was shot. He now seeks to
recover it's alleged value.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25

AMONG other relics of the mound
builders discovered near Devils Lake,
ID. t., by Prof. Montgomery of the
North Dakota University, is what he
calls sacriticial mound, in which,
seventeen inches from the surface, are
wells easily found because of lining
of lime about the sides and layers of
bark on the bottom. These are deep
enough to hold bodies in sitting
posture
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25
HERE AND THERE.

TIE first step to the Foundlings hoAN'
the doorstep. !,
A DANGEROUS practice-that OF tno "'''
fedged physician.
TIE medical student is always READY " '
an acquaintance. !.
A SANTA ANNA farmer received Az Wv
of $500 per acre for his aprlcoDS .,
NUMEROUS sharks on the Paclllc co'''
being killed by sword fish this ye"l'
"OH, Pm a great old masher, uN on ii
the cider press, as it came down "
apples.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25
Mutton.

Thoroughfare Gap
a column of troops
was pushing forward
over the long and
winding road to head
Off Lee after his re-
treat across the Pc
tomac at the close Of
the Gettysburg cam
paign. S d d e IL | y
the signal officer who
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25

The body of man who died in
Omaha was sent to Akron, Ohio, for
burial. On the case inclosing the cot
fin was tackled an itemized bill for
$11O, which was to be collected before
the body was delivered to the friends of
the deceased man. The bill called for
the collection of $50 for the undertaken,
$50 for hospital care. so for the ply
sician's fee, S. for carriages, and 81 for
an Omaha priests saying mass for the
repose of the dead mans soul.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-25

CONSUL BIss1NGER of Beirut, Syria,
writes to the Department of State that
no sailing vessel or steamer carrying
the stars and stripes has entered the
port of Eeirut since 1880. The flag of
the United States as an emblem of
commerce is almost wholly unknown in
that part of the world. Up to 1850,
he says, American sailing vessels,
bringing petroleum and returning with
various assortment of oriental goods,
were sometimes to be seen, but at pres
ent this carrying trade is all possessed
by European vessels. This unprece-
dented falling off in the petroleum
trade between the United States and
Syria the Consul attributes to dis
elimination against that article of COM
merce in favor of Russian petroleum.
Though the Russian oil is inferior to
the American, determined effort has
been made to capture the Syrian mar
ket, irrespective of immediate pecuni-
mary results.